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Practical exercises Part 1

Exercise 01: Drawing your doodles

• Hand drawing: your doodles
  
• Drawing as a way of understanding
• Topic:  What is BIM?
• * Please prepare a photo or scanned image of your doodles
• Software for sketch and drawing (apps, online and computer-based):
• SketchBook https://www.sketchbook.com/
• Tayasui Memopad https://tayasui.com/memopad/
• Tayasui Sketches http://www.tayasui.com/sketches/
  
• Adobe Fresco https://www.adobe.com/products/fresco.html
  

Exercise 02: BIM viewer

• Download and install the BIM viewer on your smart phone, tablet or computer
• Learn how to use the software to study the BIM models and information
• Recommended BIM viewers:
• BIMx and BIMx Pro (Graphisoft) http://www.graphisoft.com/bimx/
• Autodesk viewers https://www.autodesk.com/viewers
• Autodesk Viewer https://viewer.autodesk.com/
• BIM Vision http://bimvision.eu/
• Other 3D model viewers:
• CAD & BIM Free Viewer https://www.cadbim-viewer.com/
• Chief Architect 3D Viewer https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/3d-viewer/
• Oracle Aconex https://apps.apple.com/hk/app/oracle-aconex/id1450647306
  
• SightSpace Pro https://sightspace.pro/
• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sightspace-pro-ar-for-sketchup/id972397963?mt=8
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limitlesscomputing.sightspacepro
• Sample files:
• bimobject https://www.bimobject.com/
  
• Ifc 3D models - Sketchfab https://sketchfab.com/tags/ifc
• Revit 3D samples https://www.q-cad.com/samples/revit-3d/revit-3d-samples/
  
• Revit Sample Project Files https://help.autodesk.com/view/RVT/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-61EF2F22-3A1F-4317-B925-1E85F138BE88
  
• Sample IFC Data Files https://www.steptools.com/docs/stpfiles/ifc/
  

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| Created: May 2023 | Update: 18 Jun 2024 |